Russia May Use Oleshky Truce to Rebuild Forces – ISW
The U.S.-brokered truce lets about 2,000 residents leave while aid is delivered, but officials say the route through Russia leaves their return unclear.
- On Tuesday, a US-brokered truce began in Russian-occupied Oleshky, allowing humanitarian aid delivery and civilian evacuations coordinated by First Lady Melania Trump and Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets through November 1.
- Russia has occupied Oleshky since 2022, reducing its prewar population of roughly 24,000 to about 2,000 residents who now face severe shortages of food and medicine across the Dnipro River from Kherson.
- Evacuees wishing to reach Ukraine must first travel to Anapa in Russia before flying to Gomel, Belarus, according to the agreement signed October 23 by Lubinets and Russian counterpart Yana Lantratova.
- Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War warned Russia could use the truce to rebuild forces in Kherson Oblast, while observers expressed concern about potential so-called "filtration."
- A Ukrainian delegation led by Lubinets is scheduled to depart Anapa for Gomel on October 31, aiming to establish systematic monthly aid and repatriation operations with support from the First Lady.
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bndestem.nlThe residents of Olesjky will be rescued from their predicament on Thursday and Friday. The southern Ukrainian city has become uninhabitable. Alongside concerns about a positive outcome, there is a glimmer of hope.
The truce announced on the Hersonian track, in the Alyošek area, continues, recalling that it is officially humanitarian – with the exchange of those who wish to be exchanged, with the arrival in Alyushki via Gomel, Anapa and Crimea of the Ukrainian Commissioner, with the comments of the American side,
Residents of the Russian-occupied town of Oleshki in the Kherson region fear that an organized humanitarian evacuation could end with their being taken to Russia, rather than arriving in territory under Ukrainian control. This was reported by the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, citing Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of the Occupation. According to him, people considering leaving the town do not have answers to two main questi…
Ukrainians from the occupied town of Oleshky, where a local ceasefire is in effect until Sunday, will be taken to Russia or occupied Crimea via a humanitarian corridor, The Telegraph reported, citing a Ukrainian official, adding that their return to Ukrainian-controlled territory will be discussed later.
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